Drugs and Medicines

A West Dundee man has been arrested on charges he packaging and selling prescription drugs from his home, police said.

Robert Wimperis, 54, was taken into custody about 9 p.m. Monday when police came to his Dunning Avenue home on a domestic battery call and observed a large quantity of prescription medication in the basement, West Dundee police said in a news release.

While speaking to Wimperis, police learned the medication was ordered online and being packaged, advertised and sold, the release said.

Wimperis was charged with felony manufacture, delivery and possession of a prescription drug, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia,...

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